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November 28, 2015 8:24 pm - NewsBehavingBadly.com

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Robert Lewis Dear has been investigated by police for numerous incidents including leering, cruelty to animals and domestic violence.

Buzzfeed reports that prior to relocating to Hartsel, Colorado, Dear was previously a resident of Walterboro, South Carolina and also had an address in Black Mountain, North Carolina.

In North Carolina, Dear lived in a small shack with no running water or electricity. The Associated Press reports that neighbors said Dear kept largely to himself, but when he did speak, “it was a rambling combination of a number of topics that didn’t make sense together and he tended to avoid eye contact.”

…The Daily Beast uncovered a June 1997 police report in Colleton County that outlined a domestic violence call made by his then-wife, Pam Dear. According to that report, Robert Dear took Pam Dear’s keys and “locked her out of their residence.”

“The victim then walked around the residence to gain entry through a window. The victim entered the residence and the suspect then hit her and pushed her out the window.”

…Buzzfeed has also found incident reports that outline an ongoing dispute with a neighbor, shooting a dog, and a 2002 investigation of Dear for “making unwanted advancements” by lurking in the bushes of a nearby couple’s’ home.

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D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.